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10. The Commission shall be entitled to employ necessary personnel 

 for the performance of its functions and duties. 



11. Each High Contracting Party shall be entitled to establish an 

 Advisory Committee for its section, to be composed of persons who 

 shall be well informed concerning tuna fishery problems of common 

 concern. Each such Advisory Committee shall be invited to attend 

 the non-executive sessions of the Commission. 



12. The Commission may hold public hearings. Each national sec- 

 tion also may hold public hearings within its own country. 



13. The Commission shall designate a Director of Investigations 

 who shall be technically competent and who shall be responsible to 

 the Commission and may be freely removed by it. Subject to the 

 instruction of the Commission and with its approval, the Director 

 of Investigations shall have charge of : 



(a) the drafting of programs of investigations, and the prep- 

 aration of budget estimates for the Commission ; 



(b) authorizing the disbursement of the funds for the joint 

 expenses of the Commission ; 



(c) the accounting of the funds for the joint expenses of the 

 Commission ; 



(d) the appointment and immediate direction of technical and 

 other personnel required for the functions of the Commission ; 



(e) arrangements for the cooperation with other organizations 

 or individuals in accordance with paragraph 16 of this Article ; . 



(f) the coordination of the work of the Commission with that 

 of organizations and individuals whose cooperation has been ar- 

 ranged for; 



. (g) the drafting of administrative, scientific and other reports 

 for the Commission ; 



(h) the performance of such other duties as the Commission 

 may require. 



14. The official languages of the Commission shall be English and 

 Spanish, and members of the Commission may use either language 

 during meetings. When requested, translation shall be made to the 

 other language. The minutes, official documents, and publications 

 of the Commission shall be in both languages, but official correspond- 

 ence of the Commission may be written, at the discretion of the 

 secretary, in either language. 



15. Each national section shall be entitled to obtain certified copies 

 of any documents pertaining to the Commission except that the Com- 

 mission will adopt and may amend subsequently rules to ensure the 

 confidential character of records of statistics of individual catches and 

 individual company operations. 



16. In the performance of its duties and functions the Commission 

 may request the technical and scientific services of, and information 

 from, official agencies of the High Contracting Parties, and any inter- 

 national, public, or private institution or organization, or any private 

 individual. 



Article II 



The Commission shall perform the following functions and duties : 

 1. Make investigations concerning the abundance, biology, bi- 



